VIETNAM TODAY

After a meeting with the State Bank of Vietnam, several commercial banks have agreed to reduce their lending interest rates.

Scientists and students will gather in HCM City's Sai Gon Hi-tech Park next month to showcase self-made solar powered vehicles.

A pilot sex education programme run at a school in Danang City has provided over 600 students with useful knowledge about the sensitive issue.

Vietnam's Grandmaster Le Quang Liem was defeated by Cuban rival Lazaro Bruzon Batista in a tie-breaker in the 3rd round of the 2011 World Chess Cup.

Defending champions Spain and fellow European giants Italy secured their places at Euro 2012 on Tuesday.

David Petraeus pledged to confront the many threats facing America as he took the reins of the CIA, a decade after the 9/11 attacks.

Hanoi police has detected parking fee violations at nearly 20 parking lots since September 2.

A work by the Research Centre of Criminology and Crime Prevention, shows that of the minority of the killers were born in normal families.

A Vietnamese delegation will join the 36th General Conference of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization from October 25-November 10 this year.

International experts and donors praised the Vietnamese Government’s efforts to cope with crisis, inflation and recession at the Consultation Meeting with Development Partners.

Creditors are putting pressure on Electricity of Vietnam Group to repay debts, amounting to nearly VND10 trillion.

Yahoo! announced that Carol Bartz has been removed as chief executive of the struggling Internet company.

Artisans in Bao Dap village in the northern province of Nam Dinh still preserve their trade of making star-shaped lanterns.

A plague of problems has led teachers and students to abandon several kindergartens in the country's central region.

Vietnamese police have detained 29 Chinese and 30 Taiwanese suspects in the region's latest Internet fraud scam, an officer said on Tuesday.

A shortage of funds is hampering the restoration of many of Hoi An's oldest houses, some of which are facing collapse.

Children in the northernmost mountain province of Ha Giang are excited in the first days of the new school year which started early in late August.

A 17-year-old boy who confessed to killing three people in a robbery in Vietnam said he needed the money to play online games.

The Prime Minister has approved a national pilot one-stop customs mechanism for cross-border trade.